Child&#39;s seating attachment



Dec., 16, 1947, M Ross 2,432,936

GHILDS SEATING ATTACHMENT Filed NOV. 28, 1945 U 'I k '77 /f' f lNVENoR. /7 /Zrfwfn/ fasi? Patented Dec. 16, 1947 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE 2,432,936 CHILDS SEATING ATTACHMENT Matthew Ross, Rego Park, Hi-Seat Corporation, New

poration of New York Application November 28, 1945, Serial No. 631,388

2 Claims. 1

The invention herein disclosed is a child seating attachment applicable to dining room or other ordinary chairs.

Objects of the invention are to provide a seat `for a child which may be quickly and easily applied to an ordinary chair without injury or harm to the upholstery or finish of a chair and which will safely support the child at a desired table level.

Special objects are to provide an attachment of the type indicated which will be adjustable both to suit different sizes and styles of chairs and to support the child at a desired height, more or less regardless of the particular height of the chair on which the attachment is used.

Additional objects are to provide an attachment of the type indicated which will be relatively inexpensive and be light in weight so that it may be readily handled and put into place or removed at will.

Other desirable objects and the novel features .of the invention are set forth or will appear in the course of the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specification illustrates a present practical embodiment of the invention. Structure, however, may be modified and changed as regards the immediate illustration, all within the true intent and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Fig. 1 in the drawing is a broken front View showing the seating attachment applied to an ordinary chair;

Fig. 2 is an end view of the attachment;

Fig. 3 is a broken, part sectional, top plan view;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged broken sectional detail showing in particular one of the adjustable or variable height supporting columns.

Basically the invention comprises a seating platform 5 supported by corner columns 6 from a base 1 which is equipped with means 8 for adjustably and firmly securing the same over the seat portion 9 of an ordinary chair III.

The seat 5 may be of any desired size and shape, it being shown in the nature of a somewhat elongated platform, suitably cushioned for comfort. The elongated form shown allows room for the child shifting one way or the other without danger of falling olf.

The supporting columns are shown as made up of spool-like sections II detachably engaged on bolts I2, between the top and bottom platforms, said bolts having wing nuts I3 on their lower ends.

This construction provides for lowering of the N. Y., assignor to York N. Y., a corseat, should it be found to be too high for any particular chair, by simply unscrewing the wing nuts and removing one or more of the tubul-ar post sections II.

The base 1 is shown as made up of end bars I4 secured across the ends of the longitudinal strips or rails I5, with the latter arranged in pairs and having grooves IB in their opposing edges.

The securing means are shown in the form of washers I'I engaged in the channels provided by the grooves I6 and c-arrying loops or eyebolts I8 to which straps I9 are attached, the latter being connectable beneath the chair bottom by a suitable buckle structure 2i).

To prevent the washers I'i of the adjustable fastening means slipping out of the ends of the channels I6, these channels may be closed at the ends as by stop plugs 2l, Figs. 3 and 4, secured in the ends of the channels.

The attachment may be applied to a chair by simply placing it over a chair seat, sliding the strap anchorages I1, I8, inward or outward, if need be, to bring them close to the side edges of the chair seat and then securing the buckles connecting the straps, beneath the bottom of the chair seat. This construction allows for connection with practically any design or size of ordinarily used chairs. The sectional corner posts preferably have a maximum height suitable to any ordinary needs so that if the seat is too high for any particular chair, this may be quickly corrected by removing the wing nuts, lifting the seat to clear the bolt ends of the cross bars I4 and slipping off one or more of the post sections, after which, on replacing the bolts, the wing nuts may be applied to secure the seat in such lowered relation. This adjustment for heightmay be made while the attachment is in place on the chair, or before such attachment.

The complete device is relatively light in weight, can be produced inexpensively out of wooden parts, and the adjustments are sc simple and easily accomplished that they may be made by anyone even though unfamiliar with the device. When secured by the two sets of straps the device is firmly and rigidly held to the chair, safe for use as set forth.

What is claimed is:

l. A child seating attachment comprising a base made up of spaced rails to rest on a chair seat and cross bars connecting the ends of said rails, said rails having longitudinally extending channels, washers slidable in said channels, eyebolts dependent from said washers, straps dependent from said eyebolts and having means for securing the ends of the same together beneath a chair bottom and a child seating panel secured in raised relation upon said base by bolts extending from the panel down through the cross bars, tubular post sections engaged over said bolts between the seat panel and cross bars and wing nuts on the lower ends of said bolts beneath the cross bars for permitting release of the bolts for removal of said tubular post sections.

2. An attachment for seating a child in raised relation on a chair and comprising a base to rest upon the seat of an ordinary chair, a strap and buckle connection attached to said base and arranged to extend across beneath the chair seat to :adjustably and rmly secure the base in nontipping condition on the chair seat, a child seating panel, tubular posts of variable height inter- 5 base.

MATTHEW ROSS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the 10 nie of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date Johnson Jan. 24, 1933 Koop July 24, 1934 Fields et al. Nov. 21, 1944 

